Shelfmark
Ie10.5.09 - Ie10.5.10 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie10.5.11 - Ie10.5.12 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
The works of Thomas Gray with memoirs of his life and writings / by William Mason ; to which are subjoined extracts philological poetical and critical from the author's original manuscripts selected and arranged by Thomas James Mathias in two volumes.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press for John Porter in Pall-Mall bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, 1814.
Physical description
2 v. : ill., facsims., port. ; 30 cm.
Note
Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Gray, a plate of Gray's grave and facsimiles of his handwriting, all in vol.1. List of plates, and directions to binder (in v.1-v.2) on verso of p.[6] in v.1.
Note
Includes preliminary half-title pages.
Note
Signatures: v.1: [a]² b² (-b2) B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ 3A-4C⁴ 4D² (-4D2) 4E⁴ 4F² -- v.2: [a]² b⁴ B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ 3A-4L⁴ 4M² (-4M2).
Note
Pagination: v.1: [6], 581, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates; v.2: [4], vii, [1], 634 p., [1] leaf of plates.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Contents: v.1. Poems. Memoirs [including letters] Two translations of Gray's Elegy, the Latin by Messrs. Anstey and Roberts. The Greek by W. Cooke. Letter on the death of N. Nicholls [by T. J. Mathias] Appendix: Letters to Hon. Horace Walpole -- v. 2. Extracts: Metrum, observations on English metre; on the pseudo-rhythmus; on rhyme; and the poems of Lydgate. Extracts poetical miscellaneous classical [including notes on Aristophanes]. Extracts geographical, relating to some parts of India and of Persia. Some account of the Dialogues and the Epistles of Plato. Appendix: Some illustrations of the Systema naturae of Linnaeus. Postscript by the editor.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Eton College Library booklabel.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Pictorial bookplate of William Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of John Wyndham Bruce.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Eton College bookplate and Eton College Library booklabel.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ms. inscription in vol. I recording the donation by E. C. H. (Edward Craven Hawtrey in 1857.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top-edge; five raised bands; gilt title, authors, and volume on spine.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century dark green morocco binding; six raised bands; marbled endpapers; gilt decoration on spine; gilt edges; title, authors, and volume stamped in gold on spine.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Previously C.4.5-6 and A.13.3
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Previously Bdd.1.19-20
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Printed catalogue description loosely inserted.
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English language Versification.
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Porter, John printer.
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Bulmer, William, 1757 - 1830 printer.
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Harcourt, William Vernon, 1827 - 1904 Sir, former owner.
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Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
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Bruce, John Wyndham former owner.
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Hawtrey, Edward Craven, 1789 - 1862 former owner.
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Shakspeare Press printer.
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W. Bulmer and Co. printer.
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England London.
Identifier
B44871